The Senate on Tuesday handed two modification payments searching for to make clear the host communities of the Federal University of Medical and Health Sciences and the Federal College of Education in Bende, Abia State. The transfer goals to forestall potential communal disputes over the establishments’ places.
Under the amendments, the Federal University of Medical and Health Sciences might be primarily based in Bende city, whereas the Federal College of Education might be positioned in Item Bende.
The payments, despatched by the House of Representatives for concurrence, search to amend the establishments’ institution legal guidelines to take away ambiguity over their places and host communities.
They are the Federal University of Medical and Health Sciences, Item Bende (Establishment) Act (Amendment) Bill, 2026 (HB.2775), and the Federal College of Education, Bende (Establishment) Act (Amendment) Bill, 2026 (HB.2776).
Leading the controversy, Senate Chief Whip Senator Mohammed Monguno, who represents Borno North, mentioned the amendments had been wanted to obviously outline the establishments’ places and host communities.
“While the Federal University of Medical and Health Sciences can be primarily based in Bende city, the Federal College of Education can be positioned in Item Bende.
“The bills had already passed the necessary legislative stages in the House of Representatives and were before the Senate for concurrence,” he mentioned.
Monguno urged his colleagues to help the payments, saying the clarification would give every establishment a clearly outlined host neighborhood.
The payments handed their second studying earlier than being referred to the Committee of the Whole for clause-by-clause consideration. The Senate then adopted each payments and handed them at third studying.
Senate President Godswill Akpabio described the amendments as minor however necessary authorized corrections that would stop misunderstandings and communal disputes between the affected communities.
He recommended the House of Representatives for recognising the necessity to resolve the anomaly over the establishments’ host communities.
Akpabio mentioned he hoped presidential assent to the amended legal guidelines would take away potential sources of friction and promote peaceable coexistence.
“I congratulate the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Okezie Kalu, for sponsoring the legislative initiative,” he mentioned.
The Senate President additionally praised each chambers of the National Assembly for addressing what he described as a seemingly minor difficulty with vital implications for peaceable relations between the communities.
Both establishments are in Bende Federal Constituency, Abia State. The amendments search to obviously distinguish their respective host communities.
Following the Senate’s passage of the payments, the proposed amendments might be despatched to President Bola Tinubu for assent.
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